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.TH "GENTEST" "1" "11/25/2024" "Samba 4\&.0" "Test Suite"
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.SH "NAME"
gentest \- Run random generic SMB operations against two SMB servers and show the differences in behavior
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBgentest\fR\ 'u
\fBgentest\fR {//server1/share1} {//server2/share2} {\-U\ user%pass} {\-U\ user%pass} [\-s\ seed] [\-o\ numops] [\-a] [\-A] [\-i\ FILE] [\-O] [\-S\ FILE] [\-L] [\-F] [\-C] [\-X]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
gentest
is a utility for detecting differences in behaviour between SMB servers\&. It will run a random set of generic operations against
\fI//server1/share1\fR
and then the same random set against
\fI//server2/share2\fR
and display the differences in the responses it gets\&.
.PP
This utility is used by the Samba team to find differences in behaviour between Samba and Windows servers\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-U user%pass
.RS 4
Specify the user and password to use when logging on on the shares\&. This parameter is mandatory and has to be specified twice\&.
.RE
.PP
\-s seed
.RS 4
Seed the random number generator with the specified value\&.
.RE
.PP
\-o numops
.RS 4
Set the number of operations to perform\&.
.RE
.PP
\-a
.RS 4
Print the operations that are performed\&.
.RE
.PP
\-A
.RS 4
Backtrack to find minimal number of operations required to make the response to a certain call differ\&.
.RE
.PP
\-i FILE
.RS 4
Specify a file containing the names of fields that have to be ignored (such as time fields)\&. See below for a description of the file format\&.
.RE
.PP
\-O
.RS 4
Enable oplocks\&.
.RE
.PP
\-S FILE
.RS 4
Set preset seeds file\&. The default is
gentest_seeds\&.dat\&.
.RE
.PP
\-L
.RS 4
Use preset seeds
.RE
.PP
\-F
.RS 4
Fast reconnect (just close files)
.RE
.PP
\-C
.RS 4
Continuous analysis mode
.RE
.PP
\-X
.RS 4
Analyse even when the test succeeded\&.
.RE
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is correct for version 4\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
Samba
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This utility is part of the
\m[blue]\fBSamba\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
suite, which is developed by the global
\m[blue]\fBSamba Team\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2\&.
.PP
gentest was written by Andrew Tridgell\&.
.PP
This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
Samba
.RS 4
\%http://www.samba.org/
.RE
.IP " 2." 4
Samba Team
.RS 4
\%http://www.samba.org/samba/team/
.RE
